Description

Societal Organization and Globalization in Anthropology

Anthropology introduces students to the four fields of anthropology. It integrates historical, biological, archaeological, and global approaches with ethnographic data available from around the world. Additionally, information is drawn from both classic and recent research in the field and reflects the current state-of-the-art understanding of social and cultural changes.

Using an applied perspective, Anthropology demonstrates how anthropologists use research techniques and methods to help solve practical problems, thus showing students how anthropology is relevant to improving human societies.

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Teaching and Learning Experience

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Table of Contents

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part I: Basic Concepts in Anthropology

Chapter 1: Introduction to Anthropology

Chapter 2: The Record of the Past

Chapter 3: Evolution

Part II: Physical Anthropology

Chapter 4: The Primates

Chapter 5: Hominid Evolution

Chapter 6: Human Variation

Part III: Archaeology

Chapter 7: Paleolithic Cultures

Chapter 8: The Origins of Domestication and Settled Life

Chapter 9: The Rise of the State and Complex Society

Part IV: Basic Concepts of Culture and Society

Chapter 10: Culture

Chapter 11: The Process of Enculturation: Psychological and Cognitive Anthropology